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Deuteronomy 5

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1 Moses called out to all Israel, saying to them: "Israel! Listen to the regulations and the case laws that I'm recounting in your hearing right now. Learn them and carefully do them.

2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Mount Horeb.

3 The LORD didn't make this covenant with our ancestors but with us—all of us who are here and alive right now.

4 The LORD spoke with you face-to-face on the mountain from the very fire itself.

5 At that time, I was standing between the LORD and you, declaring to you the LORD's word, because you were terrified of the fire and didn't go up on the mountain." The LORD said:

6 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

7 You must have no other gods before me.

8 Do not make an idol for yourself—no form whatsoever—of anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.

9 Do not bow down to them or worship them because I, the LORD your God, am a passionate God. I punish children for their parents' sins—even to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me.

10 But I am loyal and gracious to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.

11 Do not use the LORD your God's name as if it were of no significance; the LORD won't forgive anyone who uses his name that way.

12 Keep the Sabbath day and treat it as holy, exactly as the LORD your God commanded:

13 Six days you may work and do all your tasks,

14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. Don't do any work on it—not you, your sons or daughters, your male or female servants, your oxen or donkeys or any of your animals, or the immigrant who is living among you—so that your male and female servants can rest just like you.

15 Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, but the LORD your God brought you out of there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. That's why the LORD your God commands you to keep the Sabbath day.

16 Honor your father and your mother, exactly as the LORD your God requires, so that your life will be long and so that things will go well for you on the fertile land that the LORD your God is giving you.

17 Do not kill.

18 Do not commit adultery.

19 Do not steal.

20 Do not testify falsely against your neighbor.

21 Do not desire and try to take your neighbor's wife. Do not crave your neighbor's house, field, male or female servant, ox, donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.

22 Those are the words the LORD spoke to your entire assembly with a loud voice while on the mountain, from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick smoke. He added no more. God wrote them on two stone tablets, then gave them to me.

23 Now once you heard the voice from the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, you came to me—more specifically, all the chiefs of your tribes and your elders came—

24 and you said: "Look here! The LORD our God has shown us his glory and greatness. We've heard his voice come out of the very fire itself. We've seen firsthand that God can speak to a human being and they can survive!

25 But why should we die? Surely this massive fire will consume us! If we hear any more of the LORD our God's voice, we will die.

26 Is there anyone who has heard the living God's voice speaking out of the very fire itself, like we have, and survived?

27 You go and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then tell us all that the LORD our God speaks to you. We'll listen and we'll do it."

28 The LORD heard what you said, when you said this to me. The LORD then told me: I heard what the people said when they spoke with you. Everything they suggest is good.

29 If only their minds were like this: always fearing me and keeping all my commandments so that things would go well for them and their children forever!

30 Go and tell them: You may go back to your tents.

31 But you, Moses, must stay here with me. I will tell you all the commandments, the regulations, and the case laws that you must teach the Israelites to do in the land that I am giving them to possess.

32 So you must carefully do exactly what the LORD your God commands you. Don't deviate even a bit!

33 You must walk the precise path that the LORD your God indicates for you so that you will live, and so that things will go well for you, and so you will extend your time on the land that you will possess.

The Message Bible MSG

1 Moses called all Israel together. He said to them, Attention, Israel. Listen obediently to the rules and regulations I am delivering to your listening ears today. Learn them. Live them.

2 God, our God, made a covenant with us at Horeb.

3 God didn't just make this covenant with our parents; he made it also with us, with all of us who are alive right now.

4 God spoke to you personally out of the fire on the mountain.

5 At the time I stood between God and you, to tell you what God said. You were afraid, remember, of the fire and wouldn't climb the mountain. He said:

6 I am God, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of slaves.

7 No other gods, only me.

8 No carved gods of any size, shape, or form of anything whatever, whether of things that fly or walk or swim.

9 Don't bow down to them and don't serve them because I am God, your God, and I'm a most jealous God. I hold parents responsible for any sins they pass on to their children to the third, and yes, even to the fourth generation.

10 But I'm lovingly loyal to the thousands who love me and keep my commandments.

11 No using the name of God, your God, in curses or silly banter; God won't put up with the irreverent use of his name.

12 No working on the Sabbath; keep it holy just as God, your God, commanded you.

13 Work six days, doing everything you have to do,

14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath, a Rest Day - no work: not you, your son, your daughter, your servant, your maid, your ox, your donkey (or any of your animals), and not even the foreigner visiting your town. That way your servants and maids will get the same rest as you.

15 Don't ever forget that you were slaves in Egypt and God, your God, got you out of there in a powerful show of strength. That's why God, your God, commands you to observe the day of Sabbath rest.

16 Respect your father and mother - God, your God, commands it! You'll have a long life; the land that God is giving you will treat you well.

17 No murder.

18 No adultery.

19 No stealing.

20 No lies about your neighbor.

21 No coveting your neighbor's wife. And no lusting for his house, field, servant, maid, ox, or donkey either - nothing that belongs to your neighbor!

22 These are the words that God spoke to the whole congregation at the mountain. He spoke in a tremendous voice from the fire and cloud and dark mist. And that was it. No more words. Then he wrote them on two slabs of stone and gave them to me.

23 As it turned out, when you heard the Voice out of that dark cloud and saw the mountain on fire, you approached me, all the heads of your tribes and your leaders,

24 and said,

25 But why risk it further? This huge fire will devour us if we stay around any longer. If we hear God's voice anymore, we'll die for sure.

26 Has anyone ever known of anyone who has heard the Voice of God the way we have and lived to tell the story?

27 "From now on, you go and listen to what God, our God, says and then tell us what God tells you. We'll listen and we'll do it."

28 God heard what you said to me and told me, "I've heard what the people said to you. They're right - good and true words.

29 What I wouldn't give if they'd always feel this way, continuing to revere me and always keep all my commands; they'd have a good life forever, they and their children!

30 "Go ahead and tell them to go home to their tents.

31 But you, you stay here with me so I can tell you every commandment and all the rules and regulations that you must teach them so they'll know how to live in the land that I'm giving them as their own."

32 So be very careful to act exactly as God commands you. Don't veer off to the right or the left.

33 Walk straight down the road God commands so that you'll have a good life and live a long time in the land that you're about to possess.